Chapter 121 Comprehensive Clean-up Operation
The smoke of gunfire in various cities has not yet dissipated, but a new all-out war has quietly begun. In order to be able to concentrate on retaliating against the mutants without being affected, Li Feng stepped up the construction of a large number of fully automatic defense facilities around major cities across the country on the one hand, and on the other hand, mobilized all the main forces that could fight as much as possible to participate in this never-ending encirclement and suppression operation.
In order to completely remove these mutant tumors from his own territory, Li Feng really made a bloody investment this time! More than 20 million troops, nearly 1 million tanks and combat vehicles of various types, and nearly 50,000 combat planes were all sent out in one go. It's just that the clean-up operation, which was thought to be in the hands of victory and without difficulty, has inexplicably evolved into a protracted large-scale guerrilla war.
The mutants in various places have not lost much of their combat ability due to the last devastating attack, and even the mutants in some strongholds have much more advanced weapons and equipment than they seemed at the beginning. What's even more strange is that the mutants who were originally disorganized and tactical, with only one tendon in their brains, seem to be more and more shrewd and cunning in the battle during this time. Many of the troops participating in the battle not only failed to complete their combat missions, but were also devastated by these mutant forces who were ready to work, familiar with the local environment, and properly commanded.
The reason why these mutants were able to achieve such great results in a matter of days! In addition to the sudden and great increase in its own strength, the uncollected blue Tiberium ore in those wildernesses also played an extremely important role in promoting it. The unstable nature of this blue crystal with a crystal-like tower structure makes it prone to explosion, but what is even more dangerous is that when it explodes, it will spread a large number of crystals contained in it throughout the area with the explosion. The terrifying chain reaction of the blue Tiberium ore is the main reason why mutants can win big with small and strong with weak. Many of the encirclement and suppression troops who did not know about this situation were rashly attacked into this ore-rich area and encountered accidents. Some of the more unlucky units were simply destroyed by the continuous explosions, and they were directly removed from the army as a whole.
It was only the war strategy and guerrilla tactics that the other side had broken into pieces, although it succeeded in avoiding the rapid extinction of the entire race. But guerrilla warfare is not a panacea! At first, it is true that it can achieve a few small victories with some of its advantages, but as time goes on, the difference in strength will soon become apparent. And unlike previous battles in history, Li Feng will implement a scorched earth policy based on genocide. The number of mutants will only get weaker and weaker with the continuous fighting, and it is impossible to have the embarrassing situation of Shen Kaigong {Chiang Kai-shek} who wastes money and wastes money and does not destroy it.
After a week of adaptive operations, the troops participating in the encirclement and suppression have figured out the combat routines of the mutant guerrillas, making the next battle easier and easier. However, these mutants are not vegetarians, and they are also gradually learning and summing up new experiences in the continuous battle. Although the number of combatants is getting smaller and smaller, the quality of weapons is getting worse and worse. However, their combat methods and methods have become more and more sophisticated.
In the next battle, the other party tried to learn from the roadside ** of a well-known terrorist organization, self-detonating car attacks, and night bomb attacks on the battalion. At first, these special combat methods did cause a lot of trouble for the participating troops at night, but once these routines were normalized, it was not so difficult to prevent these attacks. Although the troops participating in the battle to encircle and suppress the mutants suffered large losses during this period, they successfully tightened the big pockets of the encirclement, further narrowing the tactical activity space of the mutant guerrillas. And as the range of movement of the mutants in the encirclement gradually decreases, the opponent's combat ability also decreases and weakens in a straight line.
As long as these guys cannot find the means to restrain themselves, then the guerrilla warfare on which they rely will eventually lead to a complete defeat. It's just that even if they find a way to crack it, in the context of the lack of air supremacy, once they assemble, it is easier to become a target for bombs dropped by fighters. In this battlefield situation where there is no chance of winning, it is better to be honest than to hold on a little more! It can be said that the final demise of the mutants in the Yellow Zone of Huaguo was already doomed to their tragic end the moment Li Feng decided to act! It's only a matter of time before they are all wiped out.
The serious casualties of the troops on the front line were soon learned by Li Feng, who was always concerned about the matter. It's just that for some reason, after reading the loss reports of the troops in various places, Li Feng only symbolically issued a few non-painful combat orders to the General Staff and the Tactical Command Center, and then there was no follow-up. Li Feng's indifferent and abnormal attitude made the commanders on the battlefield who had suffered defeat quite uneasy and uneasy, for fear that it would be the calm before the storm.
However, these people's excessive worries were completely superfluous, because at this moment, Li Feng didn't take the battle on the front line to heart. Because what he is really interested in at this moment is the increasingly sharp tactics of these mutants in Huaguo, who is it from? Why is there always a sense of déjà vu? The secret warehouses on the NOD side have been emptied and blown up by Li Feng recently, so why can the guerrillas all over the country still have a new rifle in their hands? Where did they get their constant supply of weapons and ammunition? In addition, why did the fighting last so long, the various units only found some small gathering points with a scale of only tens of thousands of people, and where were the large gathering places of nearly a million people in the mouth of those NOD agents?
It's just that this important information can't be completely figured out by just relying on the GDI spy satellite array and the countless mechanical insects released in China, after all, if those high-tech really worked, these mutants would have all turned to dust in the first week of the clean-up operation. In order to figure out these questions as soon as possible, Li Feng had no choice but to send the strongest ace shadow force in his hands to go deep behind the enemy to investigate. It's just that what should have been a foolproof and undifficult reconnaissance operation has gradually evolved into a special operations operation with the heaviest losses since the establishment of the shadow force.
In this special secret operation, the shadow forces sent a total of ten detachments of more than 1,000 people, and these troops went to thousands of detection targets in the Yellow District of Huaguo that were suspected to be large hidden strongholds of mutants. But in the end, among these people, there were no arms missing, many legs, and less than one-fifth of the soldiers who came back alive before they set off.
Except for the first team, which barely managed to retreat with its own strong semi-mechanical modified physique, the other shadow detachments that participated in the operation all suffered heavy losses in the battle. What's more, the 7th detachment was completely destroyed, and all but five of the 120 people, including the captain, survived, and all the rest of the soldiers died in the fierce battle. The tragic results of the battle made Li Feng, who learned the news, almost unable to believe his ears, and even thought that he had auditory hallucinations for a while.
What made Li Feng feel quite speechless was that this tragedy was completely avoidable. It's just that the captains of the participating teams compete with each other to compete for the first place, and the boring move has gradually evolved into an uncontrolled competitive game full of dangers.
At first, these guys did take out a lot of lone mutants with excellent weapons and equipment and skilled team cooperation, but as time went by, things unconsciously took a certain turn. As these red-eyed elite soldiers continue to penetrate deep into the large underground city where mutants gather, they are unaware that their arrogant and stupid actions have slowly led them into a deadly trap. When he was surrounded by millions of mutants who were all soldiers, he realized that he had gone too deep into the enemy territory, and it was impossible to turn back at this time.
And what's worse is that for some reason, the high-tech communication equipment that should have been effective in theory also fell off the chain at this critical moment, and no matter how much they called, they couldn't get in touch with the fortress. The members of these shadow troops, who think very highly of themselves, will find it difficult to do so, even if they want to put down their subordinates and ask for help. The reason for this is that the military elite seem to have forgotten the previous warning about the impact of the reinforced concrete structure and the sonic emitters that inhibit the growth of the Tiberium Mine on communications in the GDI storm evacuation data on the original site of the mutant dungeon. But at this moment, even if they recall these things, what can they do?
In this unfavorable situation where there is no rescue from the outside and a strong enemy from the inside, I am afraid that there is no other way to survive than to fight to the death with the mutant forces outside the encirclement. It's a pity that the previous meaningless entertainment activities have exhausted the weapons and ammunition they carry, and the unfamiliarity of the terrain and environment has further weakened their strength. This made the ensuing battle more bloody and brutal.
It's just that although the difference in strength between the two sides is so big that the primitive people with wooden sticks are facing the future warriors with Gatlings, the thermal weapon {energy weapon} is not much stronger than the stone and the stick if it runs out of bullets {energy}. Although the Shadow Troop's defensive capabilities are quite good, even the best individual shield system will run out of energy reserves in the face of tons of 7.62 peanuts and RPG rockets. Without the protection of this powerful turtle shell, the gap in strength between the two sides was narrowed by several levels at once. Most of the members of the Shadow Force are from ace special forces of various countries, but in the end, most of them are just ordinary people who have undergone various hard training and potion enhancements. No matter how powerful they are, their bodies can still be fatally damaged by primitive weapons without adequate protection.
In the process of this extremely bloody and cruel escape, one after another special combat members of the shadow force fell forever on the way to cover their comrades, and they used their lives to fight for enough opportunities for their comrades to escape. But in this labyrinthine underground city, it is clear that the precious time they have earned is not enough. In the face of the countless mutant soldiers who were killing from all directions, these elite soldiers who had the courage to leave behind the palace, when the energy of weapons, ammunition and protection systems were about to be exhausted, they resolutely took the only remaining melee weapon in their hands, the thermal fusion battle knife, and slaughtered into the surging mutant crowd until they were torn to pieces by the other party.
After more than 10 hours of bloody fighting, nearly 800 casualties drew a final stop to this battle that should not have happened. Except for the unlucky guy who died in battle, the captains of the shadow troops who rushed forward with the enemy all paid due punishment for the mistakes they made after the end of the military operation, especially the first and second captains who caused this disaster were simply ordered by Li Feng to be sent to a military court for trial, if it weren't for the fact that they had not joined forces to obtain an additional special information during this operation, I am afraid that these two guys would have been sentenced to death and immediately shot.
The other members of the unit who survived the operation were also imprisoned in confinement cells and ordered to engage in deep self-reflection. As a result of the incident, the entire shadow force was also required to reorganize, and several months of ideological education were to be carried out to help these people further remove the arrogance generated during this time.
However, this redundant battle is not without gains, at least it is beaten by these shadow troops, and the last bit of secret of the mutants basically no longer exists. And with the escape of the participating troops, the missile strikes covering these deeply hidden mutant strongholds have also begun. Under the supersaturation of the ground-penetrating missiles regardless of the attrition, the shelter of these mutants was finally reduced to ashes in a series of huge explosions.
With the destruction of the main stronghold of the mutants, the nationwide clean-up operation has become simpler and simpler. When the last group of mutants in the Yellow District of Huaguo were crushed into piles of minced meat by the speeding Apocalypse Tank. This clean-up operation, which took more than a month, has finally come to an end.
It's just that Li Feng is not easy at this moment, because at this time he is holding a tattered English diary in his hand. And many of the things recorded in it are very likely to have been left behind by a traverser of unknown strength in a certain plane. And the appearance of this guy seems to explain why the mutants in Huaguo are getting more and more difficult to fight. It's just that what worries Li Feng is whether this wave of intensive missile rain strikes just now has really completely wiped out this possible threat?